Abstract
A preliminary study to detect human worm carriers of Taenia solium in Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia was carried out using stool examinations for the detection of copro-antigens and adult proglottids after chemotherapy, and confirmation by mitochondrial DNA analysis using expelled proglottids and metacestodes developed in NOD/Shi-scid mice from eggs of expelled proglottids. Approximately 8.6% of the local population in Kama (5/58), 1 km from the local capital city centre, Wamena, were confirmed to harbour adult T. solium using these techniques.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Animals
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Antigens, Helminth / blood
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Carrier State
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Cysticercosis / diagnosis
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Cysticercosis / epidemiology
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Cysticercosis / immunology
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Cysticercus* / immunology
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DNA, Helminth / analysis
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Female
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Humans
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / diagnosis
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology*
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Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / immunology
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Male
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred NOD
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Middle Aged
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Papua New Guinea / epidemiology
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Parasitology / methods
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Prevalence
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Taenia solium* / genetics
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Taenia solium* / immunology
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Taeniasis / diagnosis
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Taeniasis / epidemiology*
Substances
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Antigens, Helminth
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DNA, Helminth